He puts boxes by the big chair in the living room.
When he brings down the long foamy thing, I wish it was mine. I'm tired of the same old mat they got me at Ocean State Job Lot.
Now he is outside fixing up his bike. Dad orders a new lock for the bike racks around campus. Bikes don't interest me … [Read more...] about The Night Before He Leaves For College

I'm in the car with my middle son Evan heading up to UVM.
He's driving and eating potato chips and drinking soda and only has one hand on the wheel.
We're going 70 mph.
I try not to watch the road. I look at the trees, the mountains, the steeples in villages. I see big white rolls of hay like … [Read more...] about Viewpoints on the Road to Burlington